How can you try and prevent your child from speaking with their local accent? Surely it's inevitable and who wants everyone sounding the same?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20071213/tuk-parents-discourage-local-accents-6323e80_2.html
2007-12-13 06:17:42 · 21 answers · asked by LONDONER © 6 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
the world would be a very boring place if we all spoke/ looked the same.
2007-12-13 08:32:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU can't prevent a child from speaking with an accent. However the child can consciously choose not to speak with an accent. An example of that would be Stephen Colbert.
2007-12-13 06:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blimey mate, I think that's bloody awful! Seriously, with TV programs from all the different spots around the world, it's hard for kids not to try to mimic different cultures and actors they find appealing. But I prefer that than some of the bad habits some of them exhibit.
2007-12-13 06:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by Jackolantern 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it isn't inevitable...and where I come from the North of England everyone DOES sound the same....like Northerners....I never try to make my child speak like a newsreader but I wont let her say "Where's me boots?" like most kids locally would say...I make her say "Where are my boots?"
So I think that whoever wrote that article is just getting things out of context...I bet most of the people who are supposed to not want their kids speaking in a local accent are just like me...
2007-12-13 06:23:20 · answer #4 · answered by Daisyhill 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I correct my children's accents and English all the time. Consequently they speak in various accents - one they use in front of me, one they use with their friends and one when they want to impress someone.
I hate the local accent - it sounds horribly uneducated and common.
2007-12-13 07:05:46 · answer #5 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using correct grammar is far more important than a local accent, and I really detest people who try to speak properly and fail miserably, that Rita woman on Coronation Street, and her from strictly come dancing to name two. It really grates on my nerves.
2007-12-13 06:39:33 · answer #6 · answered by northern lass 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Oh for goodness sake! Whatever next? We're Norfolk (UK) and proud of it. My children haven't suffered as a result of talking in the local dialect any more than I or my parents and grandparents did.
Hows this....? I think we should all shout,...
Hey Big Brother, ... B*GG*R OFF and stop telling us what to do!
2007-12-13 06:33:28 · answer #7 · answered by DJJD 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they will sound like their parents
i did not have a local accent as my parents were not from the local area
some kids adopt an accent as they get older to feel part of the crowd - my son has developed some brummie-isms although his formative years were in hampshire
when he moved to midlands he was ribbed for being 'posh'
2007-12-13 06:25:00 · answer #8 · answered by Tequila.... 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
my mum hated my accent as a child. i'm a wiganer, she's from manchester, my dad's from bolton. when you hear the wigan accent on telly it does sound bad. perhaps other people think this when they hear their's? I wouldn't want my kids to change theirs tho.
2007-12-13 06:42:48 · answer #9 · answered by Kerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's stupid. If they live in England, then why would it hurt their chances in life? Besides, English accents are amazing.
2007-12-13 06:21:36 · answer #10 · answered by pandabear™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you, my parents keep telling me to 'speak properly'. It's annoying, and yes if everyone spoke the same it'd be an even more boring world.
2007-12-13 06:23:19 · answer #11 · answered by Kim 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋